Event time:
Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 12:30pm to Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 8:00pm
Location:
431 DL
Speaker:
Stephan Tillman
Speaker affiliation:
Melbourne
Event description:
I will describe an algorithm to compute the unit ball of the
Thurston norm using normal surface theory. Applications include an
algorithm to decide whether a 3-manifold fibres over the circle. This is
joint work with Daryl Cooper.